# HILLSIDE ARTS & LETTERS ACADEMY *Machine-readable school profile — served at https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/hillside-arts-letters-academy-jamaica/llm* Full profile (human-readable): https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/hillside-arts-letters-academy-jamaica --- ## Core identification - **NCES School ID**: `360010006174` - **School name**: HILLSIDE ARTS & LETTERS ACADEMY - **Location**: JAMAICA, NY 11432 - **Address**: 167-01 GOTHIC DR - **District**: NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28 (LEAID `3600100`) - **Sector**: Public - **School type**: Regular - **School level**: High - **Grade range**: 9–12 - **Coordinates**: 40.71440, -73.79821 - **Phone**: (718)658-1249 - **Wikidata QID**: Q105872940 ## Enrollment (2024) - **Students**: 414 - **Teachers (FTE)**: 30 - **Student-teacher ratio**: 13.8:1 - **Free/reduced lunch**: 75.8% ## State accountability rating - **System**: NY ESSA - **Year**: 2025 - **Overall rating**: Local Support and Improvement - **Indicators**: - HS Attendance: 2 - HS CCCR: 2 - HS Core Performance: 2 - HS ELP: 2 - HS Weight Performance: 2 - HS Grad Rate: 3 - overall_status: Local Support and Improvement ## Academic performance (state assessments) ### 2025 - **Overall (NY ESSA)**: 62.0% proficient - **Overall Status (NY ESSA)**: 62.0% proficient ## Graduation rates - **2024**: 92.0% (cohort of 91) - **2021**: 92.0% (cohort of 110) - **2019**: 92.0% (cohort of 111) - **2018**: 87.0% (cohort of 112) - **2017**: 82.0% (cohort of 102) ## Attendance - **2020**: chronic absence 11.2% (50 students) [source: crdc_2020] - **2020**: chronic absence 0.9% (4 students) [source: crdc] - **2017**: chronic absence 4.2% (18 students) [source: crdc] - **2015**: chronic absence 46.5% (201 students) [source: crdc] ## Discipline (latest CRDC year) - **Year**: 2020 - **In-school suspensions**: 0 - **Out-of-school suspensions**: 0 - **Expulsions**: 0 - **Restraint incidents**: 0 - **Seclusion incidents**: 0 - **Referrals to law enforcement**: 0 - **Bullying allegations**: 0 ## Demographics (2023) - **White**: 3.5% - **Hispanic/Latino**: 30.4% - **Black/African American**: 15.5% - **Asian**: 42.4% - **American Indian/Alaska Native**: 2.9% - **Pacific Islander**: 2.7% - **Two or more races**: 2.7% - **Free/reduced lunch eligible**: 72.9% ## Inclusion — IDEA & English Learners (2017) - **Students with IEP (IDEA)**: 19.4% — 84 students - **English Learners**: 14.8% — 64 students ## Disability category breakdown (CRDC) - **Specific Learning Disability**: 45 students - **Speech/Language Impairment**: 18 students - **Emotional Disturbance**: 11 students - **Other Health Impairment**: 4 students - **Autism**: 2 students - **Intellectual Disability**: 2 students - **Hearing Impairment**: 1 students - **Orthopedic Impairment**: 1 students ## Programs & enrichment - Advanced Placement (AP) ## Finance ### School-level (ESSA 2024-2025) - **Total per-pupil expenditure**: $26,562 - **Federal share**: $4,195 - **State + local share**: $22,367 - **Enrolled for PPE calc**: 432 ### District F-33 (2020) - **District per-pupil revenue**: $1,000 - **Federal share**: 100.0% - **State share**: 100.0% - **Local share**: 100.0% - **Instructional spending per pupil**: $1,000 ## Neighbourhood (ACS 2019-2023) - **Median household income**: $59,896 - **Poverty rate**: 19.9% - **Bachelor's degree or higher**: 33.5% - **Unemployment**: 4.4% - **Median gross rent**: $1,894 - **Foreign-born residents**: 63.1% - **Single-parent households**: 0.0% ## Environmental context - **Nearest Superfund (NPL)**: 5.6 miles (WOLFF ALPORT CHEMICAL COMPANY) - **Toxic Release Inventory sites within 1 mile**: 1 - **TRI sites within 5 miles**: 24 - **Nearest brownfield**: 1.28 miles (97 04 SUTPHIN BLVD) ### Air quality - **PM2.5 annual average**: 8.2128 μg/m³ (EPA std: 9) - **Nearest monitor**: 1.9 miles ## Nearby schools performing better ### chronic absence - **THOMAS A EDISON CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL** — 0.1 mi away, 0.82% (this school: 0.93%) - **YOUNG WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP SCHOOL-QUEENS** — 0.5 mi away, 0% (this school: 0.93%) - **QUEENS SCHOOL OF INQUIRY (THE)** — 0.9 mi away, 0% (this school: 0.93%) - **PS 255** — 0.9 mi away, 0% (this school: 0.93%) - **QUEENS HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCES AT YORK COLLEGE** — 0.9 mi away, 0% (this school: 0.93%) ### graduation rate - **THOMAS A EDISON CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL** — 0.1 mi away, 94% (this school: 92%) - **YORK EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY** — 1.3 mi away, 99% (this school: 92%) - **TOWNSEND HARRIS HIGH SCHOOL** — 1.9 mi away, 98% (this school: 92%) - **HIGH SCHOOL-CONSTRUCTION TRADES ENGINEERING & ARCHITECTURE** — 2.8 mi away, 98% (this school: 92%) - **ROBERT H GODDARD HS-COMM/TECH** — 3.9 mi away, 98% (this school: 92%) ## Related data feeds - **Profile (human)**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/hillside-arts-letters-academy-jamaica - **Performance**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/hillside-arts-letters-academy-jamaica/performance - **Finance**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/hillside-arts-letters-academy-jamaica/finance - **Demographics**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/hillside-arts-letters-academy-jamaica/demographics - **Inclusion**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/hillside-arts-letters-academy-jamaica/inclusion - **Context (neighbourhood)**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/hillside-arts-letters-academy-jamaica/context - **Attendance**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/hillside-arts-letters-academy-jamaica/attendance - **Discipline**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/hillside-arts-letters-academy-jamaica/discipline - **Outcomes**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/hillside-arts-letters-academy-jamaica/outcomes - **Workforce**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/hillside-arts-letters-academy-jamaica/workforce --- *Source: US Dept of Education CCD, EDFacts, CRDC, F-33; US Census ACS; EPA SDWIS, TRI, NPL, AQS; state DOE portals (CA CDE, TX TEA, FL DOE, NY NYSED, IL ISBE, WA OSPI). 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